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Champion expat New Zealand trainer Chris Waller enjoyed a highly successful afternoon at Rosehill on Saturday, saddling four winners and reaching 150 city wins for the season, and two of his victories came with impressive performances from New Zealand-breds Lord Ardmore and Bold Mac. Lord Ardmore headed a Waller
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New Zealand-bred gelding Aramis (NZ) (Contributer) made it back-to-back wins at Grafton on Wednesday when taking out the Grafton Guineas Quality (1600m). The son of Contributer got up to win the three-year-old feature by a head in the hands of jockey Tom Sherry for trainer
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Plumpton trainer Patrick Payne is heading to Flemington in a buoyant mood with his team on Saturday, and he is particularly pleased with New Zealand-bred gelding Squid Game (NZ) (Shooting To Win) ahead of his 1000m test. The son of Shooting To Win has placed in his two starts
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Shaune Ritchie will be more than happy if he returns home from the Queensland winter carnival without his final representative on Thursday. The Cambridge trainer, who operates in partnership with Colm Murray, has trade horse Badgers Nuts (NZ) (Rageese) in a Benchmark 65 Handicap (1350m) at Ipswich, with victory to
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Trainer John O’Shea has set his sights once again on the A$15 million The Everest (1200m) at Randwick this spring with his star sprinter Lost And Running (NZ) (Per Incanto). The son of Per Incanto finished fourth in the race last year and O’Shea is confident of
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After a second-straight Victorian win with Not Usual Glorious (Fiorente), rising South Australian-trainer Travis Doudle is looking across the border for his next taste of success. The five-year-old son of Fiorente led throughout to take out Saturday’s seventh race at Caulfield, a Benchmark 84 over
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Cross Talk (NZ) (Keano) capped a successful day for New Zealand-breds in Sydney on Saturday with a commanding performance in the final race on the Randwick card. The four-year-old’s victory in the A$150,000 Ranvet Handicap (1400m) completed a Kiwi-bred treble for the Randwick
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Exciting New Zealand-bred gelding Waihaha Falls (NZ) (Sacred Falls) produced one of the most impressive performances in Australasia on Saturday, outclassing his opposition by almost five lengths in the A$150,000 Bowermans Handicap (1200m) at Randwick. Trained by John O’Shea for owner-breeders Waikato Stud and Guy
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Three weeks after clearing maiden grade at Geelong, up-and-coming stayer Duke Of Hastings (NZ) (Sacred Falls) delivered a repeat result at Caulfield on Saturday and headed a New Zealand-bred trifecta in the A$130,000 Neds Fully Loaded Handicap (2000m). Sent out as an $11 chance for
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Former Kiwi trainers David and Emma-Lee Browne are enjoying their move to Cranbourne and are looking forward to spring racing with their team. While they are still in the building stage of their Australian operation, they already have a few exciting youngsters on their books. “We are building at
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Mr Brightside's (NZ) (Bullbars) consistency at a high level paid dividends at the end of last preparation, winning the Gr.1 Doncaster Mile (1600m) over I'm Thunderstruck (NZ) (Shocking), and he's got eyes on the Spring. JD Hayes recently welcomed their stable star back
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The progeny of Mick Price’s 2015 Victoria Derby winner Tarzino appears to be the source of another staying prospect for his flourishing Cranbourne stable in partnership with Michael Kent Jnr. Two-year-old gelding Cadazio (NZ) (Tarzino) won his first official trial by 2.8 lengths over 990 metres